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RE: [oletrucks] Engine placement

To: "'Old Trucks'" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Engine placement
From: Whittaker Bill G Civ ASC/SMY <Bill.Whittaker@wpafb.af.mil>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:21:05 -0400
Mark,

The following link should answer all your questions on driveline alignment.  
http://www.rtech@iedls.com/guide.html    The important part is to make sure the 
angle of the output shaft of the trans is the inverse of the pinion shaft. In 
other words, if the trans output shaft is 2 degrees down (from level) then the 
pinion shaft should be 2 degrees up. This makes the output shaft angle and the 
pinion shaft angle parallel to each other. There are some variations of this in 
the racing community but for a street driven car or truck the angles should be 
parallel. As far as an angle on the trans goes you should try to keep the angle 
of the motor/trans assembly with in 3 degrees of level if at all possible. This 
will make your "U" joints last a lot longer.

Bill Whittaker
'53 3100 Hemi
Built Like a Rock
With Mopar Stock




-----Original Message-----
From: A.B. [mailto:bigfred@unm.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:32 AM
To: Mark Self
Cc: Oletrucks list
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Engine placement


I thought you should put the tranny such that it is in line with the
rear. This way the u-joints are straight.
-alfie



On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Mark Self wrote:

> I started to install my Olds 4-3/TH-350 in my '55 1st. Chevy 3100.  As i was
> positioning the combo in the frame.  I was raising the tailshaft to get the
> TH-350's pan surface paralell to the ground.  When I thought it looked about
> right, I climbed out to check the carb throat to see if it was horizontal.
> It wasn't.
> 
> Question:
> How are you supposaed to position the engine to get the carb setting the way
> it should?  I always thought you wanted the carb throat surface to be
> horizontal.  But, if the TH-30's pan surface isn't paralell to the ground,
> won't this cause problems?
> 
> Any feedback will be appreciated.
> 
> ====================
>             Mark Self
>          Redlands, CA
>    '55 1st 5-window 3100
>    "Sentimental Journey"
> ====================
> 
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 

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